Package: apt Version: 0.5.26 Severity: normal autoclean and clean should always work, even when dpkg failed or was interrupted. When the user runs out of diskspace, apt would require manual intervention (for instance, by manually deleting some cached packages).
[senta:~] apt-get autoclean E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. [senta:~] dpkg --configure -a dpkg: failed to write status record about `mosix-dev' to `/var/lib/dpkg/status': No space left on device [senta:~] apt-get autoclean E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. [senta:~] rm /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org* [senta:~] dpkg --configure -a Setting up libdvdread3 (0.9.4-5) ... Setting up libgpg-error0 (0.7-2) ... Setting up texinfo (4.7-2) ... [...] -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- # -wvh- apt sources # # unstable # #deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib #deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib #deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main non-free contrib #deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main non-free contrib # # Christian Marillat multimedia packages (http://hpisi.nerim.net/) # deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main # # stable # # deb http://ftp.belnet.be/packages/debian/ stable main non-free contrib # deb-src http://ftp.belnet.be/packages/debian/ stable main non-free contrib # deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free # deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free # deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.5 Locale: LANG=C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.3.4-3 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information
